Hair curling paper



March 17, 1953 A. H. MADORE 2,631,593

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Patented Mar. 17, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAIR CURLING PAPER Arthur H; Madore, Los Angeles, Calif. Application January 2, 1951, Serial No. 203,921

,Myinvention relates'to' hair curling papers and among the objects of my invention are, to provide a simple, inexpensive and eiiicient paper which is especially designed to be used on the ends of the hair so that when wound thereon by a special hair pin or comb, will eifectually curl the ends of the locks of hair to which it is applied.

Further objects of my invention are to provide a hair curling paper with small projections which are effective in combing out the end of a lock of hair to which the curler is applied; further, to provide the curler with apertures which when the device is applied to the hair, enables air to circulate freely through the hair being curled, and further, to so form the hair combing projections so that those on one side of the curler will act as small cups to hold oil, solution, or wave set that the user may apply to the hair.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a hair curling paper constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. l,

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a modified form of the hair curling paper,

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the manner of applying the paper to a lock of hair,

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a curl formed with my improved paper,

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view of a modied form of hair curler.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing, I0 designates a square or rectangular piece of paper, foldable on a medial line a--b, to form two layers of equal size and formed in said paper are apertures I I which function as air circulation openings during the drying of the hair curled by the device.

Also pressed in the paper forming the curler are teeth or indentations I2, the number thereof being much greater than the number of air circulation apertures, said indentations forming minute teeth which, as the paper is applied to the hair, combs and straightens the ends thereof. The pressure of the tool used in forming the teeth in the paper is such that there is no opening through the teeth, merely a very slight indentation. (See Figs. 2 and 3.)

1 Claim. (Cl. 132-362) These teeth may project from the same side of the sheetof paper as shown inFigs. 1, 2 and 3 or those formed on one side of said sheet may be pressed from the inside, outwardly and thus when the sheet is doubled upon the hair ends,

-the teeth that are pressed outwardly from the inside, may serve as minute cups to retain small quantities of oil, solution or wave set that may be used to lengthen the life of the curl. (See Fig. 4.)

In applying my improved curler to the ends of a lock of hair, the latter is combed out half of the curling paper is placed beneath the lock of hair, a short distance from the ends thereof. The upper half of the paper, shown by dotted lines Fig. 5, is now folded over onto the hair lying on the under half of the paper and the curler is drawn down onto the uneven ends of the hair as shown in Fig. 5.

Inasmuch as the hair is confined between the halves of the curler, the prongs I2 act as comb teeth in this operation, to hold said hair in proper position, and thus the uneven ends of the engaged lock of hair are retained in proper position until a hair pin :c is slipped onto the lower end of the curler as shown in Fig. 5.

After the pin has been locked, the curler and contained lock of hair are rotated and at the termination of such rolling action, the pin is unlocked and removed and reinserted in the rolled paper and hair, with one leg of said pin on the outside of the paper and the other leg at the center of said roll, and the pin is now locked to maintain the paper and curl in rolled condition while drying.

A variation of this rolling of the paper and hair is to Withdraw the pin from the paper and hair while same are in fiat condition and then produce the roll with both legs of the pin on the same side of the paper, thus, in effect, providing a mandrel, and at the termination of the rolling action, withdrawing the pin and applying same to the roll with one leg at the center thereof and the other on the exterior of the curl paper.

In the curling of the hair Within the paper, the handle parts I2 and I3 of the comb shown in my application filed on Hair Curler, July "I,V

1947, Serial Number 759,347, now abandoned, may be used, and also, the pin shown in said application is especially applicable in forming the curl.

In Fig. 7, I have shown the curl paper III provided on the rear face adjacent its lower end with a strip of light weight cardboard or the like I3, preferably half round in cross section and held in position by an adhesive, thus forming an axis upon which the paper and hair are wound to produce the curl. After the curl has been formed, it is held in such condition by a pin, one prong of Which extends through the member I3 and the other prong, on the exterior of the curl.

Thus, it will be seen that I have provided a hair curler that is simple in structure, inexpensive of manufacture, and very eiective in performing the functions for which it is intended.

It will be understood that minor changes may be made in the size, form and construction of my improved hair curler Without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

As a new article of manufacture, a hair curling paper, comprising a section of thin flexible material having a series of hair combing points pressed therein, which points are arranged so 20 that when said thin material is folded double,

ARTHUR H. MADORE.

REFERENCES CITED The' following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Y Number. Name Date 1,994,099 Fulton Mar. 12, 1935 2,189,505 Laos Feb. 6, 1940 2,254,816 Bergman Sept. 2, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 843,137 France Mar. 20, 1939 898,659 France July 10, 1944 

